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発音

• IPA: /ˈɡɹænd ˈtɜː(ɹ)k/

語源 1

From a species of cactus on the island, the Turk's Cap Cactus (Melocactus intortus), which has a distinctive cap reminiscent of an Ottoman fez.

固有名詞

Grand Turk

1. Ellipsis of Grand Turk Island, the largest island in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

語源 2

Borrowed from French Grand Turc.

名詞

Grand Turk (plural Grand Turks)

1. (archaic) A sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
   • 1868 March, “[Review of] Annual Reports of Insurance Companies, Good, Bad, and Indifferent […]”, in The National Quarterly Review, volume 16, number 32, page 404:

     Because they are styled "the executive," "executive officers," &c., by their Jenkinses, and are declared by the same authorities to possess unbounded knowledge, and transcendent "executive ability," they sometimes fancy themselves the Czar, the Shah, or the Grand Turk […]

参考

• Great Mogul